Entertainment Technology Center, CMU Post-Graduation Survey Results, Dec 2019, and May 2020 N = 72 Employed/Home Country = 64 (89%) Seeking or Taking Time Off = 7 (10%) Withdrew From the ETC = 1 (1%) Continuing Education = 0
EMPLOYERS AND LOCATION Company Name Role City State/Country 2K Games Software Engineer San Rafael CA 2K Games - 31st Union Associate Software Engineer San Mateo CA Adjunct Faculty Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA Aibee Inc. User Experience Designer Beijing China Amazon Software Engineer Seattle WA Amazon Software Development Engineer Seattle WA Apple Frontend Engineer Sunnyvale CA Apple Technical UX Designer Sunnyvale CA Apple Software Performance Engineer Boulder CO Aquifer Motion and Part Time Evil Technical Artist Austin TX Assistant UX Manager Huami Los Angeles CA Autodesk Service Designer San Francisco CA Birdeye Jr. Product Designer Palo Alto CA Blizzard Entertainment Associate Character Artist Irvine CA Bungie Associate Technical Artist Bellevue WA Digital Dream Lab Software Engineer Pittsburgh PA Digital Dream Labs Game Programmer Pittsburgh PA Electronic Arts Game Designer Los Angeles CA Electronic Arts Software Engineer Seattle WA Electronic Arts - Industrial Toys Software Engineer - Destruction Pasadena CA Enklu Product Manager San Mateo CA Epic Games Playtest Coordinator Pittsburgh PA Esports Marketing Gareana Taiwan Facebook Software Engineer Pittsburgh PA Gameplay Designer OVA Montreal Canada Games for Love Software Developer Pittsburgh PA Gravity Jack Unity 3D Developer Spokane WA High Voltage Software Visual Effects Artist Hoffman Estates IL HP Inc. Software Engineer Palo Alto CA IBM (China Development Laboratory) UX Designer Beijing China iGrok Solutions Research Engineer Pittsburgh PA Leia Inc Software Engineer Menlo Park CA Massachusetts Institute of Technology UX Designer Pittsburgh PA Oxide Game Associate Technical Animator Lutherville Timonium MD Oxide Games Junior 3D Generalist Baltimore MD Pixar Animation Studio Layout Artist Emeryville CA Rec Room Inc. Software Engineer Seattle WA Rec Room Inc. Software Engineer Seattle WA Schell Games Game Artist Pittsburgh PA Schell Games Game Producer Pittsburgh PA Schell Games Game Engineer Pittsburgh PA Schell Games Game Designer Pittsburgh PA Schell Games Engineer Pittsburgh PA
Schell Games Game Producer Pittsburgh PA Schell Games Game Design Pittsburgh PA Schell Games. Game Engineer Pittsburgh. PA ServiceLink UX Designer Pittsburgh PA SPODIO Product Designer San Francisco CA Stream Captain Software Engineer Belmont CA Tencent Game UX Designer Shenzhen China Tencent Project Management Intern Los Angeles CA Tencent 3D Character Artist Shenzhen China The Alice Project Production/Curriculum Dev. Asst. Pittsburgh PA Unity Technologies Technical Artist Intern Remote Remote User Experience Designer TuSimple San Diego CA Verizon Media (Yahoo!) Product Designer Sunnyvale CA Visual Concepts Software Engineer Orlando FL Visual Concepts Software Engineer Orlando FL Visual Concepts Technical Artist Los Angeles CA Visual Concepts Software Engineer Orlando FL Visual Concepts, 2K Software Engineer Orlando FL WGBH Producer Boston MA
SALARY –graduates negotiated their salary. Not all employed students provide data N = 39 High Low Mean Median $176,333 $37,440 $86,924 $87,000
EMPLOYMENT BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION Region Percentage of Students Northeast: CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT 1 (2%) Mid-Atlantic: DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV 20 (32%) Southwest: AZ, NM, OK, TX 1 (2%) West: CA, HI, NV 20 (32%) Southeast: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, PR, SC, TN 4 (6%) Midwest: IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI 1 (2%) Northwest : AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY 8 (13%) International 6 (9%) Remote 1 (2%)